Singular or Plural domain name: which one better?

[pixelman]

Which one has better resell value?
For example,
Box.com or boxes.com?
Site.com or sites.com?
Link.com or links.com?
Developer or developers.com?

 

[DotComster]

Both is the best if you can get them.

In the case of ecomerce and products plural is prefered. Boxs is more valuable in this case than Box. Sites and Links work best to - most people search for more than one site or link.

In most other cases - singular rules, and are also more valuable. Lot's of valuable words do not work in plural eaither.

 

[Omni]

get both

 

[Bob]

As a general rule of thumb, singular is better. (at least in my experience). Obviolusy there are exceptions where the plural always makes better sense: e.g. Physic -vs- Physics

I negotiated one deal where the buyer seemed VERY knowledgeable do he gained my respect immediately. he claimed that the plural versions of names get about 1/3 less hits than the singular counterpart. However, I do not own a singular and plural of a decent .com name to verify this claim.

When I purchase, I make no consideration to plurals it .COM. In .NET I will shy away from some plurals. In .ORG, I *usually* will only buy the singular version.

My (undervalued) 1 cent.

-Bob

Originally posted by pixelman
Which one has better resell value?
For example,
Box.com or boxes.com?
Site.com or sites.com?
Link.com or links.com?
Developer or developers.com?

 

he claimed that the plural versions of names get about 1/3 less hits than the singular counterpart.

that seems at odds with whats happening if you check overture:

car.com - 9614 vs cars.com - 95210
site.com - 143 vs sites.com - 211
computer.com - 1260 vs computers.com - 1988
ringtone.com - 1169 vs ringtones.com - 7398
home.com - 11226 vs homes.com - 29797

 

[GeorgeK]

Best to get both, if you can. Plurals can get more, or less....it depends on the word.

 

[Stouch]

Of the above examples I only prefer the singular in box.com.

 

[boychik]

ALWAYS get them both, if possible. Send all your traffic to the one you prefer best. Examples: www.mydomains.com, www.shortname.com. It makes good business sense. You don't have to renew one of them, but try getting the one back you let slip away because you didn't want both at the time - especially if you find yourself with a gem.

 

[boychik]

Uh, I meant www. perfectnames.com, not shortname.com ( Didn't meant ot send traffic to BuyDomains.)

 

[pixelman]

If the name is really good, it is very hard to get both singular and plural versions though..

 

Just for S&G what about cellphone.com vs. cellphones.com?

 

[draqon]

cellphones.com is much much much much better than cellphone.com